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Kansas City organizers lay out World Cup plan to link visitors with Main Street businesses
Summary
KC2026 and local partners described a digital 'game plan,' loan‑readiness workshops and coordination with FIFA and Visit KC to help as many as 650,000 visitors translate into sustained local business opportunities.
Tracy Welpe, director of regional impact for KC 2026, told a House Small Business Committee roundtable that organizers have focused on contracting transparency, digital planning tools and loan readiness to ensure small businesses can capture World Cup spending.
“We started back in about a year ago…we pulled together a group of small business champions,” Welpe said, describing work with the…
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